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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – On Wednesday officials with the city of Clearlake, the county of Lake, Cal Fire and numerous other agencies held the initial community recovery meeting regarding the Sulphur fire.
The hour-and-a-half-long meeting took place at Clearlake City Hall.
The discussion involved aspects of the response to the Sulphur fire and the beginning of the recovery process.
The full video of the meeting can be seen above.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – As a service to property owners impacted by the Sulphur fire, the county of Lake has requested that the California Department of Toxic Substances Control start the first phase of the household hazardous wastes removal process, which will begin as soon as possible.
Lake County Environmental Health and the Department of Toxic Substances Control will work with any property owners who have questions or concerns regarding this work.
State workers will enter properties and remove household hazardous wastes from burned homes in the impacted areas of Sulphur fire. This service is only for those affected by the fire.
This effort is being conducted free of charge to protect the health of residents, clean-up crews the community and the environment.
Household hazardous waste has to be handled separately from other burn debris and may not go into local landfills.
Residents are strongly urged to leave all household hazardous wastes in place and are encouraged to not remove any such materials or damaged containers from their properties.
household hazardous wastes include unused or leftover portions of products used in your home that contain toxic chemicals, including products labeled caution, warning, danger, poison, toxic, flammable or corrosive are considered hazardous.
Examples of household hazardous wastes to be removed are antifreeze, solvents, auto batteries, auto fluids, used oil and oil filters, household cleaners, fertilizer, pesticides, aerosols, latex/oil-based paint, pool chemicals and propane tanks (less than 30 gallons).
Contact Lake County Environmental Health at 707-263-1164 orThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for any questions or concerns about the household hazardous removal process.
Lake County Environmental Health and the Department of Toxic Substances Control will work with any property owners who have questions or concerns regarding this work.
State workers will enter properties and remove household hazardous wastes from burned homes in the impacted areas of Sulphur fire. This service is only for those affected by the fire.
This effort is being conducted free of charge to protect the health of residents, clean-up crews the community and the environment.
Household hazardous waste has to be handled separately from other burn debris and may not go into local landfills.
Residents are strongly urged to leave all household hazardous wastes in place and are encouraged to not remove any such materials or damaged containers from their properties.
household hazardous wastes include unused or leftover portions of products used in your home that contain toxic chemicals, including products labeled caution, warning, danger, poison, toxic, flammable or corrosive are considered hazardous.
Examples of household hazardous wastes to be removed are antifreeze, solvents, auto batteries, auto fluids, used oil and oil filters, household cleaners, fertilizer, pesticides, aerosols, latex/oil-based paint, pool chemicals and propane tanks (less than 30 gallons).
Contact Lake County Environmental Health at 707-263-1164 or
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Motorists who fail to stop for the flashing red lights of a school bus are the focus of National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 16 to 20, and the California Highway Patrol.
The theme of National School Bus Safety Week, “#STOP ON RED!” conveys an important message in California.
Motorists who do not stop for the flashing red lights and crossing arm of a school bus put students and drivers in danger.
More children are killed during loading and unloading, while outside the school bus, than while riding the bus. California has not had a pupil passenger fatality in 22 years, since 1995.
“Taking the bus is by far the safest way for children to get to school,” acting CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “Safety is no accident. Bus drivers, parents, students, and our officers all contribute to the safety record.”
The CHP began the Vehicles Improperly Passing a School Bus (VIPS) enforcement project in February 2017 following studies and input from the California Department of Education and California Association of School Transportation Officials.
The VIPS project is designed to educate drivers and pedestrians that motorists must stop when the flashing red lights and crossing arm on a school bus are activated.
The VIPS project also encourages people to report drivers who illegally pass a school bus.
Officers of the CHP work closely with California schools to educate motorists, students, and parents on ways to stay safe.
More than 32,000 school bus drivers transport more than one million students each year in California, traveling approximately 278 million miles.
The CHP is also responsible for inspecting more than 24,000 school buses each year.
The theme of National School Bus Safety Week, “#STOP ON RED!” conveys an important message in California.
Motorists who do not stop for the flashing red lights and crossing arm of a school bus put students and drivers in danger.
More children are killed during loading and unloading, while outside the school bus, than while riding the bus. California has not had a pupil passenger fatality in 22 years, since 1995.
“Taking the bus is by far the safest way for children to get to school,” acting CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “Safety is no accident. Bus drivers, parents, students, and our officers all contribute to the safety record.”
The CHP began the Vehicles Improperly Passing a School Bus (VIPS) enforcement project in February 2017 following studies and input from the California Department of Education and California Association of School Transportation Officials.
The VIPS project is designed to educate drivers and pedestrians that motorists must stop when the flashing red lights and crossing arm on a school bus are activated.
The VIPS project also encourages people to report drivers who illegally pass a school bus.
Officers of the CHP work closely with California schools to educate motorists, students, and parents on ways to stay safe.
More than 32,000 school bus drivers transport more than one million students each year in California, traveling approximately 278 million miles.
The CHP is also responsible for inspecting more than 24,000 school buses each year.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A week and a half into the effort to extinguish the Sulphur fire, containment on the fire went up again during the course of the day on Wednesday, while officials also reported a growth in the estimated acreage on the Redwood fire in neighboring Mendocino County.
Cal Fire said the Sulphur fire was up to 94-percent containment by Wednesday evening, with its size remaining at 2,207 acres.
The Sulphur fire is being managed as part of the Mendocino Lake Complex, which includes the Redwood fire in Potter and Redwood valleys.
The Redwood fire was up by nearly 800 acres to 36,523 acres on Wednesday, with containment at 80 percent, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the perimeter is holding on the two fires, with crews improving direct and indirect containment lines and mopping up. Fire suppression repair is under way.
Community members are asked to be mindful of the emergency equipment and personnel still working on the fires and urged to use caution when traveling around the fire areas.
Across the complex, 447 homes have been destroyed, of which 136 are reported to be in the Sulphur fire. Neither of the complex’s fires are threatening any other structures, Cal Fire said.
The number of fatalities remains at eight, according to Cal Fire.
Assigned resources include 1,493 firefighters, 63 engines, 16 water tenders, two helicopters, 47 hand crews and 13 dozers, based on Cal Fire’s Wednesday night report.
The agency continues to estimate that the entire complex will be fully contained by Nov. 1.
The Central LNU Complex in Napa and Sonoma counties, which continued to send large amounts of smoke into Lake County’s air basin on Wednesday, was at 105,080 acres on Wednesday night, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the complex includes the Tubbs fire, 36,432 acres and 91-percent contained; the Pocket fire, 14,225 acres, 63-percent contained; and the Sonoma Nuns fire, 34,398 acres, and Napa Nuns fire, 20,025 acres, with containment on the two fires at 80 percent.
Officials on Wednesday said the number of structures destroyed in the fire was up to 5,791, with 2,435 structures still threatened.
Total deaths that have occurred in the complex rose to 23 on Wednesday, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the massive force working the fire grew again on Wednesday, with 5,755 personnel, 550 engines, 60 water tenders, 32 helicopters, 10 air tankers, 106 hand crews and 87 dozers assigned.
Firefighters working on the Southern LNU Complex in Napa and Solano counties kept the size at 51,064 acres on Wednesday evening, with Cal Fire reporting containment was up to 84 percent.
That fire has destroyed 431 structures and continues to threaten 876 more, Cal Fire said.
The Southern LNU Complex still has a sizable resource allocation working it, including 2,869 personnel, 268 engines, 30 water tenders, 13 helicopters, 60 crews and 17 dozers, according to Cal Fire.
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Marcus John Iano, 42, was arrested late Friday night, according to a report from Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
On Friday evening an unresponsive adult female was brought Adventist Health Hospital in Clearlake for a report of a possible overdose, Paulich said.
Paulich said the woman was transported to the hospital by her boyfriend Marcus Iano and his mother, Susan Iano, who left the woman at the hospital but returned later.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. Friday deputies were notified that an exam found evidence that the female had a foreign body in her brain, indicating a possible bullet wound or similar injury, according to Paulich’s report.
He said the victim was unconscious and was flown to an outside area hospital for further treatment for life-threatening injuries.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Detectives were called to the hospital to investigate, Paulich said.
As a result of the investigation and subsequent search warrant served at Marcus Iano’s home in Hidden Valley Lake, Iano was placed under arrest for attempted murder. Paulich said Iano was transported to the Lake County Jail where he was booked for that charge.
As of Wednesday the victim was alive but Paulich said it’s unknown if she will recover from her injuries.
Marcus Iano is currently being held at the Lake County Jail with a bail amount set at $1.5 million.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff told Lake County News that Iano made his first court appearance in the case on Tuesday. At that time, he was arraigned on charges of attempted murder, mayhem and torture.
Hinchcliff said Iano should be back in court early next week for further proceedings.
Paulich said the investigation is still ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Lake County Sheriff’s Office Det. Shamus Stafford at 707-262-4231 or
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A meeting on recovery from the Sulphur fire is taking place in Clearlake on Wednesday afternoon..@LakeCoNews https://t.co/beem9PJVXw
— Lake County News (@LakeCoNews) October 18, 2017
The meeting is being videotaped for rebroadcast.